"Christmas Day, at night, one hour before day, is the time fixed upon for our attempt upon Trenton."

In this confused way, December 23, 1776, General Washington wrote from his camp, near Trenton Falls, to Colonel Reed, who was posted at Bristol, a few miles further down the Delaware, guarding an important ford.

Christmas spending has changed a lot since the 18th century. Our modern Christmas spending habits are surprisingly similar to the spending habits of families in the 1700s. We all splurge on food, presents, and parties and things weren’t that much different back then. Although, Christmas traditions were a little bit different back then.

THE RESTORATION OF THE MONARCHY

under Charles II., sometimes styled the "Merry Monarch," was an occasion of great rejoicing, and the spirit in which the so-long-fugitive Prince, who once eluded his pursuers by hiding in an oak, was now welcomed as "Charles our King" by "the roaring, ranting" portion of the populace is set forth in the following ballad, written for the first Christmas after the Restoration, printed in London, the same year, and now copied from a collection of illustrated broadsides preserved in the Library of the British Museum:--

Many of us keep a fond memory of childhood times when our parents and grandparents used to read to us the most amazing stories with special characters that made us enter new worlds of fiction and learn new lessons every day.